The person in charge was Wei Zheng, the chief secretary, Wei Zheng was from Jingzhao and the same clan as Wei Yunqi. Because General Chen Len led his army south to deal with the Jiangnan bandit Chen Faxing, Jiangdu City was actually the head of Wei Zheng, and even Huya Lang General Gongsun Shangzhe had to obey Wei Zheng's command.

Wei Zheng was originally the Minister of War. He knew Zhang Xuan. He smiled and went up to greet him. "We are looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally we have come to General Zhang. From now on, we can have a safe sleep. There is no need to worry about the chaotic bandits breaking the city. We sincerely welcome General Zhang to come!"

"Chief Wei is too polite. To eliminate the rioters is to fulfill the duties of the generals. I hope we can work together to quell the Jianghuai bandits as soon as possible."

“This is also our expectation.”

Wei Zheng smiled and introduced other officials to Zhang Xuan, "This is the envoy of the prefect of Jiangdu County and a native of Beihai County."

Wang Junhao was about forty years old and quite rich. He hurriedly stepped forward to greet Zhang Xuan. When Zhang Xuan heard that he was also from Beihai County, he felt a little intimate. He replied with a smile: "Where is Wang Envoy from Beihai County?"

"Xiaguan is from Linzi County. My father is still in his hometown. Thanks to the general who saved the county town last time, Xiaguan is very grateful."

Zhang Xuan was appointed as the chief censor of Jianghuai and the chief censor of the Censorate. He was controlled by the six counties of Jianghuai, and Wang Junhao was no exception, so he was very good at speaking. A word of "I am so grateful" invisibly brought him closer to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Your instinct, don't be polite. Speaking of which, I want to bother with you. Some of my generals' families also came with the army. I'm afraid you'll have to arrange your residence."

Wang Junhao was a little embarrassed. If there were fewer people, there would be no problem. If there were too many people, there would be trouble. He glanced at Wei Zheng, and Wei Zheng immediately asked: "General, how many families do you need to arrange?"

"Ninety-three households are needed"

Zhang Xuan saw their difficulties and said, "It's not necessarily an official house, but a private house is also OK. We pay to rent it."

Wang Junhao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Of course he couldn't get out the ninety-three official houses. But there was no problem with the ninety-three private houses, not to mention that the other party was willing to rent. Even if the river was not enough, Jiangyang, south of Jiangdu, could do it.

Thinking of this, he patted his chest and said, "The Xiaguan will discuss the resettlement of housing with the County Magistrate Zhou, and it will be completed within two days."

"Then I thank you, the King of Envoy."

At this time, another general wearing a military uniform walked on. Without Wei Zheng's introduction, he took the initiative to politely and said, "I am humble in Gongsun Shangzhe. See General Zhang."

When Zhang Xuan heard that he was Gongsun Shangzhe who was defeated in Yancheng, he couldn't help but look at him carefully.

.........

Zhang Xuan's military yamen for recruitment had been established in advance, located in the north of Jiangdu City, close to the north gate of the north city. This place turned out to be the official office of the Jianghuai Transportation Envoy. Since last year, the official office of the Jianghuai Transportation Envoy was relocated to Yanling County on the other side of the Yangtze River, and this official office was vacant.

Originally, the Jiangdu County Yamen wanted to move here, but Zhang Xuan was appointed as the Jianghuai Recruitment Envoy, so the official yamen was changed to the Recruitment Envoy, so the Jiangdu County Yamen had to continue using the original old yamen.

The military yamen of the Recruitment covers an area of ​​about 30 acres, including a small military camp covering an area of ​​about 10 acres and two warehouses covering an area of ​​five acres. This made Zhang Xuan very satisfied. His personal soldiers could be stationed in the nearby military camp.

The military yamen is also divided into front yamen and back houses, with the front yamen about ten acres, and the back yamen is the residence of the chief official, but it is a little smaller, only about five acres.

Originally, Wang Junhao had arranged an eight-acre official house for Zhang Xuan, just across from the military yamen, but Zhang Xuan decided to treat the official house as the dormitory of civil servants. He and his family still lived in the back house of the military yamen. Their family was not very crowded, and although the house was a little smaller, it was enough to live in.

Three days in a row. The Qinglong Army spent the busy life. The soldiers had to station and their families had to move into their new homes. Half of the ninety-three families lived in Jiangdu County, and the other half lived in Jiangyang County, which was only a few miles away from Jiangdu.

The military yamen began to operate, and Fang Xuanling was appointed as the chief secretary. Several soldiers were still on their way to Jiangdu, and there were more than a dozen other clerks, all of whom were recruited from the Jiangdu official school. It can be said that this was the youngest official yamen in the Sui Dynasty, and the oldest was less than thirty years old.

Although several soldiers have not arrived yet, more than a dozen people have already started to organize military files. In addition, Zhang Xuan’s most concerned maps and terrain details of the six counties in Jianghuai, which were also sent from each county. Zhang Xuan’s next step is to open the Tongji Canal and completely solve Du Fuwei’s harassment of Tongji Canal.

The military hall on the left side of the military hall lobby was covered with maps. There were several large boxes of Jianghuai maps sent from each county, and the officials of each county did not know what map Zhang Xuan needed, so they all delivered all the maps.

Several people were busy sorting out maps, while Zhang Xuan sat cross-legged on the couch and looked at a yellowed map. It was a map of the marching battles of hundreds of thousands of Sui troops who fought against the Chen Dynasty in the south.

This kind of combat map is usually in duplicate, one is left in the army and one is handed over to the Ministry of War. Zhang Xuan did not expect that Jiangdu also had one, and there was also a seal from the Chief of Pingnan, Gao Qian, on it. This should be the one left in the military.

Although it has been more than thirty years, this map still retains a lot of useful marching and combat information, where you can camp, where you can cross a bridge, where you can easily be ambushed, where you can set up a sentry, where you can set up a high ground, etc., which are clear at a glance on the map.

These twenty maps of the southern expedition made Zhang Xuan fall in love with him, and it had a great effect on him.

At this time, a soldier reported in the hall: "Report to General Gongsun, please see him!"

It was Gongsun Shangzhe who came. During the first meeting a few days ago, Zhang Xuan only exchanged a few greetings with him. There were still many things to ask him. Zhang Xuan ordered: "Please invite him in!"

Soon, Gongsun Shangzhe was taken into the side hall. When he saw the map of the whole hall, he couldn't help but stayed up. Zhang Xuan walked up and smiled and said, "I don't have time to patrol various places, so I can only learn about it through the map."

Gongsun Shangzhe was about forty years old and had a tiger-backed and bear-backed waist. He was very powerful. He is currently appointed as the general of Huya Lang. Huya Lang is the deputy general of Hubei Lang, and is also considered a middle- and senior general. Moreover, Gongsun Shangzhe has been serving as Huya Lang for five years and has a much deeper qualification than Zhang Xuan. Moreover, he is Chen Ling's right-hand man and has always been arrogant.

However, half a month ago, he was killed by Du Fuwei in Yancheng and destroyed the entire army. He was afraid of the punishment of the court, so he lost his former arrogance. In particular, he needed Zhang Xuan to speak kindly to the court for himself, so he lowered his attitude and bowed respectfully to Zhang Xuan, "I am in charge of the general who recruited the envoys!

"No need to be polite, please come in and sit down!"

Zhang Xuan asked Gongsun Shangzhe into the lobby and asked him to sit down. He ordered his personal soldiers to serve tea. Gongsun Shangzhe looked at the maps in the room and said, "There are too many rivers in the Jianghuai area, and the rivers often flood and divert the routes. If these maps are too long, the general should not believe them too much."

Zhang Xuan nodded and smiled, "Thank you General Gongsun for reminding me. It seems that I have to send someone to investigate and confirm it in detail to prevent being mistaken by the map."

At this time, the personal soldiers served them tea. Zhang Xuan picked up the tea bowl and drank a sip of tea, and asked slowly: "Can the general tell me about the defeat in Yancheng? I want to know about Du Fuwei's military use."

Gongsun Shangzhe sighed, "The defeat in Yancheng is a great humiliation for me, but it still makes me feel scared. In fact, it is not Du Fuwei, but Miao Haichao. This person is really cunning and sets up an ambush step by step, and finally makes me fooled."

"I would like to hear it carefully!"

"After Miao Haichao plundered the official grain, the general immediately ordered me to retrieve the official grain and clear the traffic of Tongji Canal. At that time, I led 5,000 troops northward. When I arrived in Gaoyou County, I accidentally found a civilian ship that was the missing grain transport ship. I asked about the source of the civilian ship. The boatman said that his relatives in Yancheng County bought it in Yuqiao area in Yancheng for 30 guan. I suspected that the grain was hidden in Yancheng, and immediately led 5,000 troops to Yancheng."

"General Gongsun should have found the fleet in Yancheng!" Zhang Xuan said with a smile.

"The general is right. I found clues in succession, and finally found a missing grain ship in a mudflat in Yancheng. One hundred thousand stones of grain was on the grain ship, but soon found that the grain bag was not grain at all, but sand. Just when I realized that I was deceived, a fire broke out in the reed marsh, surrounding all my soldiers."

Tears flowed out of Gongsun Shangzhe's eyes. He punched the table with his fist and said in a choking voice: "When I escaped from the sea of ​​fire and returned to Yancheng County, I found that the wine shops and tea sheds that guided me were all burned by the fire. Later I realized that the shops had been abandoned for many years and were only renovated before I came. I didn't even see what Miao Haichao looked like, and the five thousand brothers were destroyed!"

Zhang Xuan was speechless. He could understand Gongsun Shangzhe's pain and was also secretly frightened. If even Du Fuwei's subordinates were such a cunning enemy, then wouldn't Du Fuwei be even more terrifying?

"I don't know where Du Fuwei's nest is?" Zhang Xuan didn't ask Miao Haichao for the time being, he was more concerned about Du Fuwei.

"Du Fuwei has many nests, at least twenty or thirty places. Where is his specific nest? No one knows. I know that Huaming County is one, and Miao Haichao is stationed there."

Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered something and asked in a low voice: "Can the general tell me that the six counties of Jianghuai are still loyal to the court?"

Gongsun Shangzhe smiled bitterly and said, "General Zhang also came from Qingzhou. What was the situation in Qingzhou area? What was the Jianghuai area like, exactly the same."
Chapter completed!